If passed, these bills would substantially reduce reporting requirements for homeschool families and would thus extend homeschool freedom in Minnesota. The bill would make the following changes:

1) Limit annual notification reporting to one-time reporting when a family starts homeschooling, or when they move; subsequent renewals would be a simple letter of “intent to continue” with any updated information.
2) Give students the option to take a nationally recognized college entrance exam in lieu of a standardized achievement test;
3) Eliminate the requirement that parents obtain additional evaluation of a student's abilities should the student scores below the 30th percentile;
4) Eliminates annual visit by superintendent;
5) Eliminate the requirement that parents submit an annual instructional calendar;
6) Eliminate the requirement that parents without certain qualifications submit quarterly reports;
7) Require parents to simply maintain (vs. make available) documentation that the student is being taught the required subjects;
8) Allow a parent to certify that a student is presently engaged in home education for the purposes of taking home-classroom driver training;
9) Allow the person in charge of providing instruction in a homeschool to issue an employment certificate;
10) Limit immunization reporting requirements to only the first year of homeschooling and the 7th grade year;

Summary:

If passed, these bills would substantially reduce reporting requirements for homeschool families and would thus extend homeschool freedom in Minnesota. The bill would make the following changes:

1) Limit annual notification reporting to one-time reporting when a family starts homeschooling, or when they move; subsequent renewals would be a simple letter of “intent to continue” with any updated information.
2) Give students the option to take a nationally recognized college entrance exam in lieu of a standardized achievement test;
3) Eliminate the requirement that parents obtain additional evaluation of a student's abilities should the student scores below the 30th percentile;
4) Eliminates annual visit by superintendent;
5) Eliminate the requirement that parents submit an annual instructional calendar;
6) Eliminate the requirement that parents without certain qualifications submit quarterly reports;
7) Require parents to simply maintain (vs. make available) documentation that the student is being taught the required subjects;
8) Allow a parent to certify that a student is presently engaged in home education for the purposes of taking home-classroom driver training;
9) Allow the person in charge of providing instruction in a homeschool to issue an employment certificate;
10) Limit immunization reporting requirements to only the first year of homeschooling and the 7th grade year;